Index: bin/emerge
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--- bin/emerge	(revision 7408)
+++ bin/emerge	(revision 7409)
@@ -3017,7 +3017,11 @@
 						if repo_name_prev:
 							repo_path_prev = portdb.getRepositoryPath(
 								repo_name_prev)
-						if repo_path_prev == repo_path_real:
+						# To avoid spam during the transition period, don't
+						# show ? if the installed package is missing a
+						# repository label.
+						if not repo_path_prev or \
+							repo_path_prev == repo_path_real:
 							repoadd = repo_display.repoStr(repo_path_real)
 						else:
 							repoadd = "%s=>%s" % (